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Newport News police arrested 23 men and 14 women in a nationwide undercover prostitution operation that took place in January. The police department conducted the operation over four days, Jan. 15 and 16, and Jan. 29 and 30, using undercover officers on streets, in hotels and on the Internet as part of the Cook County (Illinois) Sheriff’s Office “National Day of Johns Arrests,” Newport News Police Department spokeswoman Holly McPherson said. The nationwide effort involved 37 agencies in 17 states, and led to prostitution-related charges for about 570 men, according to information from the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. The identities of women who were arrested on...

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Newport News police arrested 23 men and 14 women in a nationwide undercover prostitution operation that took place in January.
The police department conducted the operation over four days, Jan. 15 and 16, and Jan. 29 and 30, using undercover officers...

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NEW CITY, N.Y. (AP) -- Former NFL star Lawrence Taylor pleaded guilty Thursday to sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute, misdemeanor charges that carry no jail time but require him to register as a sex offender.
The 51-year-old ex-linebacker,...

A South Florida police chief has been arrested for allegedly soliciting a prostitute. Stephen Johnson of the Miami Gardens Police was jailed Friday night during a prostitution sting by the Broward Sheriff's Office. An arrest report says 53-year-old...

A man who appeared on season two of the History Channel's reality show "IRT Deadliest Roads" has been sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison for kidnapping and threatening a prostitute he said owed him money. Timothy R. Zickuhr was sentenced...

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There was a time — not so long ago — when the police decided what movies Chicagoans watched. And it is safe to say the current crop of Oscar-nominated films wouldn't have passed muster, what with their depictions not only of sexual acts and drinking and...

A high-profile pimping case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn nearly unraveled Monday, as five of six plaintiffs in a French prostitution trial dropped their accusations against him, saying there's no proof that the former International Monetary Fund chief...

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A pimping case against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn nearly unraveled Monday, as five of six plaintiffs in a French prostitution trial dropped their accusations against him, saying there's no proof that he violated...

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A West Virginia school superintendent was among six men arrested in Charleston in a police prostitution sting. Media outlets report that 57-year-old Dennis Albright was charged Thursday night with soliciting a prostitute. He is the schools...

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Basketball analyst Greg Anthony will have a soliciting prostitution charge dropped if he does 32 hours of community service and stays out of trouble for four months. Anthony, his attorney and a prosecutor told a D.C. Superior Court judge Wednesday that...

WASHINGTON -- Basketball analyst Greg Anthony will have a soliciting prostitution charge dropped if he does 32 hours of community service and stays out of trouble for four months.
Anthony, his attorney and a prosecutor told a judge Wednesday that they...

Disgraced former International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn sat nonchalantly with folded-arms and stretched legs Tuesday, before telling a French court he was completely unaware that women who participated in orgies at luxury hotels in...

Disgraced former International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn told a French court Tuesday that he was unaware that women who participated in orgies at luxury hotels in Paris and Washington D.C. were prostitutes.
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The Navy's sex-for-secrets corruption scandal may be about to get worse: Investigators' prized catch has started to squawk.
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Law enforcement agencies in 17 states arrested nearly 600 people and rescued 68 victims of human trafficking during a sting in the lead-up to Super Bowl XLIX, police said.
As part of the "National Day of Johns" sex trafficking sting,...